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The Standards - Dayton RS28A and Peerless HDS Exclusive 830883

12-14-2016, 08:40 PM

I just posted my first Design Team project: http://projectgallery.parts-express....the-standards/ I'll have more info soon, including final measurements on and off axis. Was having problems with my microphone on the final measurements that I have to get sorted out 😕

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Those look fantastic. I took a peek at your final link and the veneer/finish looks amazing. I love the aluminum legs too. You say you tried some new things on this set, it looks like everything came out pretty much perfect. I see flaws in my stuff too, but it looks really nice. Nice squiggly lines, also.

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Great project Kerry, really like the veneer and those outriggers are way cool! Thoughts on these vs. the B&W's in the background? Always liked the look of those and they seemed to sound pretty good at the local BB Magnolia room.
Also +1 on the RS28A, I guess I prefer the metal tweeters too.

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Those look fantastic. I took a peek at your final link and the veneer/finish looks amazing. I love the aluminum legs too. You say you tried some new things on this set, it looks like everything came out pretty much perfect. I see flaws in my stuff too, but it looks really nice. Nice squiggly lines, also. TomZ

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They turned out super nice Kerry! The black dye on the curly Maple compliments the aluminum on the woofer and feet well. I see you tuned the enclosure to 38hz, what did you end up with for an F3?

Thanks. I thought about spraying the tweeter frame to match the woofer. The woofer is actually painted silver. I didn't think I'd be able to get a perfect match on the color though. The tuning puts the f3 in the high 30s in an EBS alignment. I didn't realize until you asked that I forgot to upload the box modeled response.

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Great project Kerry, really like the veneer and those outriggers are way cool! Thoughts on these vs. the B&W's in the background? Always liked the look of those and they seemed to sound pretty good at the local BB Magnolia room. Also +1 on the RS28A, I guess I prefer the metal tweeters too.

The B&W CM7 towers in the background don't sound bad, but most of my DIY speakers sound better. It really too bad. I've taken them apart and measured everything individually. The engineering quality is actually really good. Braced Baltic birch cabinets, low distortion tweeter and mid, quality crossover components, etc. unfortunately they still subscribe to what I would consider some out dated crossover principles. 1st order on the tweeter and trying to avoid crossing below 4000hz leads to a bad power response and dips off axis in the presence region.

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I always loved the look of those HDS Exclusive drivers - pretty classly. About the veneer - in some pics it looks great, in others a bit "meh" - you might try using 2 or more flood lights and get some cross lighting going. I'm certainly no expert on speaker pics - just something you might play with . Nice clean design/build. Gotta give props for the creative use of a black marker also.

I think I hear a difference - wow, it's amazing!" Ethan Winer: audio myths"As God is my witness I'll never be without a good pair of speakers!" Scarlett O'Hara

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Nice job Kerry. I love the look. The color of the finish really complements the HDS woofer. I've been wanting to use that woofer for a while now - the RS28A seems a nice match. Simple XO too, well done.